Golf-stick.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

F. H. ROBERTSON.

GOLF STICK.

APPLIGATION FILED JULYG. 1905.

Attorneys I To all whom it may concern/.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'FREDERIOK HERSEY ROBERTSON, OF WIOHIT A, KANSAS. M

" i GOLF-STICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedd'une 12, 1906.

Application filed ul 6,1905. Serial No. 268,439.

Beit known that I, FREDERICK HERSEY ROBERTSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates,

residing at 'Wichita, in'the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas,have invented a new and useful Golf-Stick, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to golf-sticks, and has for its object to providecertain new and use .improvements therein, particularlyin the puttertype of stick, whereby itmay be used with equal facility by right-handand left-handplayers without in any manner detracting from theefiectiveness of the stick and the proper balancing thereof.

With this object in view the present invention consists in thecombination and arrange-j.

ment of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion size,and

minor details may be made within the scope of the claims withoutdeparting from the 5 spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of rthe invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 a side elevation ofa golf-stickembodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 is reduced inthickness and in-Width, so as to.

an elevation thereof looking at the striking end ofthe head of thestick. Fig. 3 is a plan section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Likecharacters of reference designate corresponding partsin each and everyfigure of the drawings. I The present stick is made up of two mainelements,which are the head 1 and-the han-. dle,'2.- The top of theheadis flat, and the bottom or underside 2 thereof is convexedrearwardly from thefront end 3 of the head,

said front end being disposed at substantiallyrightangles to theflat topof the head. In

. addition to being convexed on its under side the head is also taperedrearwardly from its front striking end, as best indicated in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings, whereby the head is greatly swing over the ground from thehands of the ing the ground during the initial upward path player asa'center with a good clearance to prevent the rear; end of the head fromstrikof the head in the forward stroke'thereof. In addition to beingtapered r'earwardly the head also rounded or convexed transversely, soas to give thesamea segmental making the sticks inrights and lefts.

shape, for a purpose as will be hereinafter described.

By preference the head is formed of some hard durable wood, and itsforward striking end is provided with a metallic face-plate 4,conforming exactly to the transverse shape of the head and'securedthereto by means of siliitable fastenings 5, countersunk in the p ate.

The handle 2 is set in a socket in the top of the head in alinement withthe longitudinal ffdsdthereOf and adjacent the front end of the Inconnection with the segmental crosssectional shape ofthe head it will benoted that the handle is set at substantially right angles to the flattop of the head, wherefore the head assumes the proper osition' withrespect to the handle when the atter is tilted or held at an angle toeither side of the vertical,-as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, which permits of the stick being used by left-hand playersas well as righthand players, thus obviating the necessity of y havingvthe head rounded or convexed'transversely as well as longitudinallythroughout its bottom and opposite sides the head has the properclearance with respect to the ground when used by either a right-handplayer or a left-hand player, wherefore the present stick has a materialadvantage over the us ual form of stick, wherein the handle is set at anangle to the head, and therefore can be swung in one direction only.Another important advantage of the present invention resides inloc'atingthe stick or handle adjacent and, mfact, very close to the striking-faceof the head, whereby the liability of the head to tilt out of the pro erposition for the mostv eflective action of t e striking-face is reducedto the minimum. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed1s 1. A olf-stick including a head and a handle, the ead being segmentalin cross-section with its under side convexed, the bottomof the headbeing tapered rearwardly and upwardly and its opposite sides taperedrearwardl and the handle being. connected to the head between its middleand the strikingface thereof and disposed vertically with respect to thelongitudinal axis of the head and in substantialparallelism with thestriking-' face thereof. f

2. A golf-stick including a head and a handle, the forward striking-faceof the head being disposed Vertically and the head being segmental incross-section with its under side convexed, the bottom of the head beingconvexed upwardly and rearwardly from its front striking-face and itssides being convexed and tapered rearwardly from its striking-face, andthe handle being located adj a- 10 cent the striking-face of the headand disposed in substantially parallelism with said striking-face.

FREDERICK HERSEY ROBERTSON.

Witnesses:

G. E. HALL, E. G. ROBERTSON.

